2018-19 Dutch Football season

[Nicky91]

teams for next season

ADO Den Haag

Ajax Amsterdam (Reigning Champions)

AZ Alkmaar

FC Emmen

Feyenoord rotterdam

Fortuna Sittard

FC Groningen

FC Twente

SC Heerenveen

Heracles Almelo

PEC Zwolle

PSV Eindhoven

RKC Waalwijk

Sparta Rotterdam

FC Utrecht

Vitesse Arnhem

VVV Venlo

Willem II


last season relegated were

Nac breda

Excelsior (through play offs)

De graafschap (through play offs)

[Nicky91]

i'm kinda rooting for Fortuna Sittard now, i admire how they fought themselves back to the top level from being bankrupt to promoting to eredivisie

their owner is the same turkish owner, who was director at Galatasaray



Vitesse has a russian owner, who is friends with Abramovich


NAC Breda has a deal with Manchester City, who loans out players to them

[Crimson Dynamo]

Den Haag FTW

:dance:

[Nicky91]

Den Haag FTW

:dance:

Chinese owners for ADO Den Haag

[Crimson Dynamo]

Chinese owners for ADO Den Haag

They have the best fans, they will beat you up

[Calderyon]

Ajax or PSV for me.

Ajax because of Jari Litmanen.

[Denver]

I have VVV Venlo on my FM18 save so they can win

[Mystic Mock]

teams for next season

ADO Den Haag

Ajax Amsterdam

AZ Alkmaar

FC Emmen (their first time on the highest level)

Excelsior rotterdam

Feyenoord rotterdam

Fortuna Sittard (comeback since many years on the highest level)

De Graafschap

FC Groningen

SC Heerenveen

Heracles Almelo

NAC Breda

PEC Zwolle

PSV Eindhoven (reigning champions)

FC Utrecht

Vitesse Arnhem

VVV Venlo

Willem II


last season relegated were

FC Twente (shockingly 18th, since they were champions couple years back with Steve McClaren)

Roda JC (through play offs)

Sparta Rotterdam (through play offs)

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I so hope that they can win the league next season and become a Dutch Leicester.:dance:

[Nicky91]

GXFSK0ogeg4

I so hope that they can win the league next season and become a Dutch Leicester.:dance:

i'd be amazed if that happens


but dutch analists said about PSV this season, ''schijtbakkenvoetbal'' meaning ''coward's passive football'' and the ones who said that were twente fans and fc twente got relegated haha karma is a bitch

[Nicky91]

Vitesse new russian owner Valeri Ojf

[Nicky91]

Ajax or PSV for me.

Ajax because of Jari Litmanen.

Litmanen well he has had a long great career

I have VVV Venlo on my FM18 save so they can win

they have former schalke 04 goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall now in their squad

[Mystic Mock]

i'd be amazed if that happens


but dutch analists said about PSV this season, ''schijtbakkenvoetbal'' meaning ''coward's passive football'' and the ones who said that were twente fans and fc twente got relegated haha karma is a bitch

It isn't realistically gonna happen, but it would be a nice shake-up if say Ajax and PSV both had an off year.

And the pundits judge on who's playing the more entertaining Football rather than on who is actually the better Football team, it's why I rarely trust their analysis.

[Nicky91]

It isn't realistically gonna happen, but it would be a nice shake-up if say Ajax and PSV both had an off year.

And the pundits judge on who's playing the more entertaining Football rather than on who is actually the better Football team, it's why I rarely trust their analysis.

and being biased towards Ajax, bc most of the pundits are either ajax fans or ex players

[Mystic Mock]

and being biased towards Ajax, bc most of the pundits are either ajax fans or ex players

Well that does create a blinded view of the team if they're all fans of one team.

[Nicky91]

football season here has begun, with our dutch super cup

psv vs feyenoord :dance:


my prediction psv feyenoord 2-1



and next week Fortuna sittard's first match :love:

[Alf]

Fortuna Sittard have been my favourite Dutch team ever since Everton played and beat them in the 1985 European cup winners cup quarter final.

[Nicky91]

Fortuna Sittard have been my favourite Dutch team ever since Everton played and beat them in the 1985 European cup winners cup quarter final.

Lisandro Semedo their attacker from portugal could've gone to west Bromwich but chose to stay with Fortuna cause he likes it in sittard, and he wants to play with them in the eredivisie :hee:

[Nicky91]

super cup result: Feyenoord won after penalty's with 6-5 :(

[Mystic Mock]

super cup result: Feyenoord won after penalty's with 6-5 :(

Tough luck Nicky.

At least it was a close match.:)

[Nicky91]

yes true Mock :hug:


but it will be one tough season for PSV and it's their own fault, if you don't buy players and focus on youth alone :joker:

[Nicky91]

Friday 10th August

PEC Zwolle - SC Heerenveen 1-1

Saturday 11th August

Ajax - Heracles Almelo 3-1

Willem II - VVV Venlo 1-2

PSV - FC Utrecht 0-0

Excelsior - Fortuna Sittard 0-1

Sunday 12th August

ADO Den Haag - FC Emmen 4-2

De Graafschap - Feyenoord 2-0

Vitesse - FC Groningen 1-1

AZ - NAC Breda 0-1

[Nicky91]

first prediction zwolle - heerenveen i didn't win any points, i predicted a draw but heerenveen won with 2-3

[Nicky91]

https://www.1limburg.nl/sites/default/files/public/styles/media-paragraph/public/fortuna_6.jpg?itok=nKP0QZTz

Tonight the moment i've been waiting for is here, Fortuna's comeback at the highest level :cheer: :cheer:

[Nicky91]

1-1 was the result between excelsior and Fortuna, i am happy with Fortuna's start at the competition, ok they were a bit nervous but i see potential in them that they can grow into the competition

[Nicky91]

Fortuna sittard - psv tonight at 7.45 (uk time) :dance2: :dance2:

[Nicky91]

NAC Breda out of the dutch cup, against RKC Waalwijk as well :facepalm:


my Fortuna slayed big time away against Helmond Sport, with a stunning 0-4 win :clap1:


Ajax won 0-7 away against Te Werve, dutch amateur team

PSV won with their b squad with 0-4 against Excelsior Maassluis

[Nicky91]

leaderboard at the moment now

1. PSV (all matches won)
2. Ajax
3. Feyenoord
4. Heracles Almelo
5. VVV Venlo
6. AZ Alkmaar
7. Vitesse Arnhem
8. FC Utrecht
9. Fortuna Sittard
10. ADO Den Haag
11. SC Heerenveen
12. Willem II
13. FC Emmen
14. Excelsior
15. PEC Zwolle
16. FC Groningen
17. De Graafschap
18. NAC Breda


Fortuna after 3-0 win last night over heracles in sittard Climbing to 9th place, first time in top half this season :cheer:

[Nicky91]

PSV losing against Feyenoord, should've had a draw at least Lozano had a great scoring opportunity the feyenoord fans throw in another ball :notimpressed: unsportive fans much

[Nicky91]

another round of footie this week, and next week is the last round for us before the winter break :)

[Nicky91]

my prediction

Friday 14th December 2018

Willem II 2-3 ADO Den Haag

Saturday 15th December 2018

PEC Zwolle 1-0 NAC Breda

Heracles Almelo 1-2 PSV Eindhoven

AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Excelsior

Vitesse Arnhem 2-2 VVV Venlo

Sunday 16th December 2018

SC Heerenveen 1-3 FC Utrecht

Ajax 4-0 De Graafschap

FC Groningen 1-1 FC Emmen

Feyenoord 1-1 Fortuna Sittard

[Nicky91]

i predicted the 3 goals for ADO Den Haag correctly, but they won with 0-3, not 2-3

[Nicky91]

to summarize last nights football matches

PEC & NAC ended 0-0 draw, NAC had good scoring opportunities including some good passes from Manchester City loanee Pablo Fernandes but it ended in a 0-0 draw

PSV won their match very easily with 0-4 in Almelo against 9 man team from Heracles, first Drost got sent off with red in first half's extra time and then the german player Lennart Czyborra got sent off with red in second half's extra time

AZ Alkmaar won at home with 2-1 agains Excelsior Rotterdam, by goals from Stanley Til and Bjorn Johnson, former AZ striker El Hamdaoui was one of excelsiors subs in the second half

Vitesse won at home with 2-1 against VVV, goals by former real madrid talent Alexander Odegaard and Algerian goal scoring machine Oussama Darfalou

every Chelsea fc loanee made their appearance with Vitesse, including trusted portuguese goalkeeper Eduardo who is becoming the trustworthy 1st goalie for Vitesse, at the age of 39 :eek:


so now today we get Heerenveen vs Utrecht in about 40 minutes from now :dance:

and then we get afternoon matches and one match around dinner time for us which is feyenoord vs my team Fortuna sittard

[Nicky91]

upcoming week we have cup matches again

and then the last round before winter break

Ajax already has their first winter signing now in Magallan, from Boca Juniors

[Nicky91]

football highlights show Studio Sport Eredivisie had 1.2 million views last night, which is good given that we have foxsports on demand channels where we can watch the footie matches live so still nice to see many tuning in to that highlights show

World Cup Skating had 793.000 views which is on the same channel as studio sport

[Nicky91]

wow wow my Fortuna winning with 0-2 against Feyenoord :eek: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Nicky91]

Fortuna now 10th not bad so far for their comeback season :cheer:

[Alf]

Great result for Fortuna Sittard

Go on boys!

[Alf]

Nicky, who's more loved in the city of Eindhoven out of Romario and Ronaldo?

[Nicky91]

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stunning 2 goals from Fortuna especially the 0-2 that action and goal from El Messaoudi so much control there and calmth :clap2:


@Alf Romario for sure but Ronaldo is also still well liked here

[Nicky91]

http://www.twentesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/john-van-t-schip.jpg

John van t schip sacked by PEC Zwolle due to bad results they are 15th in competition 1 place above relegation play offs and they got beaten in the cup with 5-0 at AZ Alkmaar

[Nicky91]

Mustafa Aztopal leaves Fortuna for the team he is a fan since his childhood Samsunspor

you did amazing signings for Fortuna MusGOD :clap1: good luck on your new adventure with the club you love

[Nicky91]

Fortuna with 10 man 0-0 against groningen, that red card wasn't deserved at all :fist: :fist: feck off VAR :rolleyes:


PSV wins 3-1 against AZ, with czech talent sadilek scoring the important 2-1 :eek:

[Nicky91]

Fortuna 5-1 behind


:laugh3: :laugh3: Hofland pls feck off and hire a coach who wants to play some attacking football

[Mystic Mock]

Where are Fortuna Sittard in the table?

[Nicky91]

Where are Fortuna Sittard in the table?

from 9th to 11th now :( so still not bad for comeback season i think

[Nicky91]

Fortuna Sittard have signed 2 new players

a goalkeeper Azbe Jug from slovenia, he came over from Sporting Lisbon

and a midfielder Andrija Balic, croatian coming over on loan from Udinese, he's nicknamed the croatian Pirlo

and we are looking for a defender as replacement for our injured captain Dammers as we speak

[Nicky91]

winter transfers for Fortuna

we got a albanian attacking midfielder Zeka from LOSC Lille in france,


and yesterday on deadline day we signed French defender Mahamadou Dembele on loan from Red Bull salzburg, and signed on free transfer german defender Anthony Syhre from wurzburger in germany

[Mystic Mock]

from 9th to 11th now :( so still not bad for comeback season i think

It's a very good first year back up imo, especially considering you guys have not been in the league since the 90's was it? It's always difficult trying to stay up in the first season after being promoted so if you guys can stand within the top 12 of the table then it's a successful season imo.

And you's beat Feyenoord which is some going.

[Nicky91]

It's a very good first year back up imo, especially considering you guys have not been in the league since the 90's was it? It's always difficult trying to stay up in the first season after being promoted so if you guys can stand within the top 12 of the table then it's a successful season imo.

And you's beat Feyenoord which is some going.

another loss now for Fortuna but against the top PSV, with 3-0 in eindhoven :sad:


yeah ok it's still a good comeback, also nice signings done (considering they play no european football) but still interesting for those players to come to sittard

Balic was in starting 11 first match for him now, i thought he played decent

Dembele came in for heerings, also not that bad of a defender


Koselev, despite getting goals against he is a good goalkeeper, he has his great moments and a few bad moments, but all goalkeepers have that i think

[Mystic Mock]

another loss now for Fortuna but against the top PSV, with 3-0 in eindhoven :sad:


yeah ok it's still a good comeback, also nice signings done (considering they play no european football) but still interesting for those players to come to sittard

Balic was in starting 11 first match for him now, i thought he played decent

Dembele came in for heerings, also not that bad of a defender


Koselev, despite getting goals against he is a good goalkeeper, he has his great moments and a few bad moments, but all goalkeepers have that i think

Tbf Tottenham has struggled against PSV in the champions League this season and that's a top English Premier League side there's no shame in your team struggling against them, and if some of your new signings are already showing potential then you's will be in good form soon enough once the new signings have gotten into a rhythm with each other.

[Nicky91]

Tbf Tottenham has struggled against PSV in the champions League this season and that's a top English Premier League side there's no shame in your team struggling against them, and if some of your new signings are already showing potential then you's will be in good form soon enough once the new signings have gotten into a rhythm with each other.

yes, but oof new defender Syhre injured at training, luckily he was only bought on free transfer


tbf the weakest teams here with us are De Graafschap, NAC Breda and i guess Emmen had a Lucky start to the season but now they are showing they are possibly too weak for the highest level, Excelsior has luck on their side against the bigger teams ajax, feyenoord, psv but they flop against the teams ranked beside them

[Nicky91]

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also our dutch competition, a heartwarming message for the family and friends of Emiliano Sala

[Mystic Mock]

yes, but oof new defender Syhre injured at training, luckily he was only bought on free transfer


tbf the weakest teams here with us are De Graafschap, NAC Breda and i guess Emmen had a Lucky start to the season but now they are showing they are possibly too weak for the highest level, Excelsior has luck on their side against the bigger teams ajax, feyenoord, psv but they flop against the teams ranked beside them

I'm shocked that NAC Breda are down there tbh, they're normally a mid-table side aren't they?

[Nicky91]

I'm shocked that NAC Breda are down there tbh, they're normally a mid-table side aren't they?

yes normally, they were great once with Ernie Brandts a shock 4th place and narrowly missing out of european football but recent years aren't as good now

[Nicky91]

NAC Breda another loss for them at home against AZ with 0-3

Ajax lost away against Heracles Almelo with 1-0 just before important champions league match against real madrid ouch

Heerenveen and PEC Zwolle 1-1 draw doesn't help both teams

Feyenoord another easy win for them against de graafschap 4-0


and VVV won with 2-1 at home against willem II


today's program

Fortuna Sittard at home against excelsior

Groningen vs Vitesse Arnhem

FC Emmen vs ADO Den Haag

and finally closing the weekend FC Utrecht vs PSV

[Nicky91]

half time Fortuna sittard vs excelsior

2-0 for Fortuna 2 goals by Lamprou :)

[Nicky91]

2 lovely goals by Lamprou anyway :dance:

1-0 nice placed ball in right top corner

2-0 mistake by excelsior defender, lamprou keeping his cool inside 16 :)

[Nicky91]

6-0 loss for Fortuna against Heracles :facepalm: i only watched first half of that tbh


sorry but the Fortuna reserves are trash :idc: i so hope Heerings, Ninaj are fit this weekend

glad we got Rodriguez back from his suspension

[Mystic Mock]

Tbf Heracles seem to be on good form at the moment so Fortuna Sittard was always going to struggle against them.

6-0 is an unfortunate scoreline though.

[Nicky91]

Tbf Heracles seem to be on good form at the moment so Fortuna Sittard was always going to struggle against them.

6-0 is an unfortunate scoreline though.

Heracles have 10 wins, 2 draws and 10 losses now and currently solid in top half heading for possibly european football

they got a german coach Frank Wormuth who was formerly the german under 20 coach at summer olympics

also spanish top goalscorer for them Adrian Dalmau, who they signed from valladolid but is also former youth product of fc Barcelona

quite a few german talents here

goalkeeper Janis Blaswich, defenders Lennart Czyborra, Sebastian Jakubiak, Maximillian Hartmann

and midfielder (former youth product of ac milan and stuttgart player in the year they became champions) kazakhi german alexander merkel

[Nicky91]

who i think might relegate are

NAC Breda, De Graafschap and possibly i throw excelsior in the mix (who also have their weak moments)


Fortuna might survive this season and that is still better than expected since they were odds favourite to be relegated at start of season

[Nicky91]

ok my thoughts on this weekend

Fc Utrecht vs Fc Groningen on Friday

Utrecht is 6th, Groningen is 8th it's a battle for the play-offs who can get themselves on a good chance making it there

VVV Venlo vs Excelsior

i can see VVV winning here, not only home advantage but excelsior recent matches they had 30 scoring chances and all miss or saved by goalkeeper that does something negative to you mentally

PSV vs NAC Breda 1st against 18th (last place)

you never know but i expect a solid steady win for psv, but they Always have it tough against the weaker opponents especially at home

ADO Den Haag vs Heerenveen

ADO is 12th, Heerenveen is 9th also a match which is crucial for points en route to european ticket play off matches i can see Heerenveen getting the points here but it can also just end up in a draw

Willem II vs de graafschap, head 2 head relegation duel here, although willem II is the more steadier at 11th, points gap isn't big at all, so i guess they would want to just win here against graafschap

and graafschap are in the losing mood now

sundays matches

PEC Zwolle vs AZ, Zwolle is surprisingly bad this season, 15th and AZ is steady at 3th/4th place shared with Feyenoord

i say easy win for AZ

Vitesse vs Feyenoord, i like Vitesse, they got a strong team, Sloetsky is a good coach for them, Chelsea loanee goalkeeper Eduardo is a solid addition to the team

they can win but they gotta fight against Feyenoord with their star robin van persie

FC Emmen vs Heracles, Emmen isn't playing bad at all but Heracles is in a great form lately i say heracles win here

and closing the weekend are Ajax vs Fortuna

Ajax after superb win against real madrid in a good mood mentally, Fortuna wants to finally win i guess after some average or bad matches

i don't expect anything for my Fortuna here they are the underdogs against heavy favourite ajax

[Nicky91]

important points with this solid and confident win from Fortuna over fellow danger zone candidate Emmen with 3-1

own goal from defender lukic got Fortuna at 1-0, and semedo, novakovich respectively made 2 and 3-0 and in extra time emmen scored a goal via niemeijer

[Nicky91]

i'm ashamed our team PSV have got those anti-semetic fans, being against Ajax (who they call jews)


:facepalm:

[Nicky91]

Fortuna last night, 1 point in limburg derby vs VVV, a point is a point, a crucial point too some breathing space now with 17th and 18th spots, if psv win over de graafschap now, also a same 6 pt gap with 16th place for Fortuna

with 4 matches to be played


it wasn't bad football from Fortuna at all, with 2 suspended players (important defending players too) and we saw more of Dianessy in action (he had been injured for 7 months)

[Mystic Mock]

Fortuna just probably need one more win to be safe Nicky.

But overall it seems like they'll be fine.

[Nicky91]

Fortuna just probably need one more win to be safe Nicky.

But overall it seems like they'll be fine.

yes


it is more exciting now for the championship ajax or psv, ajax has better papers in terms of having scored more goals, but tied at points



ajax the arrogant was this week again, they think they can easily win in Turin over juventus :fan: while juventus has been one of the strongest teams in italy for a long while now

[Nicky91]

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/04/fc-twente-take-first-division-title-move-back-into-the-eredivisie/

FC Twente back to eredivisie next season, after being champions now in first division :dance:


i call em the liverpool of Netherlands, since they also use the ''you'll never walk alone'' song when players walk on the pitch right before kick off


psv uses tina turner simply the best as the song when players walk on the pitch before kick off fun fact

[Nicky91]

near last competition round today :dance2:

Ajax home against fc utrecht

psv away against az alkmaar

those are the important matches for championship title, ajax and psv are equally tied at same points, ajax just at better for goals than against


my Fortuna sittard must play away against groningen, a win or a draw is good for survival, also depends what other teams below them do, i'm hoping they get no or not many points these last few rounds


nervous and exciting

[Mystic Mock]

Good luck to Fortuna, Nicky.

[Nicky91]

Good luck to Fortuna, Nicky.

1-0 behind now :notimpressed:

[Nicky91]

Fortuna losing with 3-0 but avoiding relegation play offs and staying in for at least one more season :cheer2: :cheer2:

albanian Zeka making his debut too for us as a substitute in 75th minute



ajax winning, psv losing, so almost certain championship title going to ajax :hehe:

[Nicky91]

Ajax are officially champions now


now its play off season for one european ticket, and play offs for promotion/relegation

Heracles - FC Utrecht

FC Groningen - Vitesse

return

FC Utrecht - Heracles

Vitesse - FC Groningen

winners will face each other in european play off final


semi finals promotion/relegation

Go Ahead Eagles - FC Den Bosch

RKC Waalwijk - Excelsior

TOP Oss - Sparta Rotterdam

SC Cambuur - De Graafschap

returns

FC Den Bosch - Go Ahead Eagles

Excelsior - RKC Waalwijk
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Sparta Rotterdam - TOP Oss

De Graafschap - SC Cambuur

promo/relegate play off final

Den Bosch/Go Ahead vs Excelsior/RKC

Sparta/TOP vs De Graafschap/Cambuur

[Nicky91]

european football play off

Vitesse - Fc Utrecht is the final, so one of those will get last ticket for us, at european football in Europa league

[Calderyon]

Congratulations Ajax.

[Nicky91]

excelsior lost first match against rkc, so relegation can be possible

de graafschap had a draw first match against cambuur, also not a great start to promote/relegation play off

[Nicky91]

so excelsior relegated

de graafschap won and still has a chance


we get one promoted team at least in a RKC or Go Ahead

De Graafschap still fights for survival now against Sparta

[Mystic Mock]

I know that it's quite late to say this, but congratulations on Fortuna Sittard staying up Nicky, hopefully they can build on this and get better for next season.

[Nicky91]

I know that it's quite late to say this, but congratulations on Fortuna Sittard staying up Nicky, hopefully they can build on this and get better for next season.

yeah, it was a good result, just avoiding the play off for promotion/relegation while most expected them to relegate immediately


for next season there will be 2 immediate relegation spots, and 1 play off spot for that (like german bundesliga) our KNVB has said

[Mystic Mock]

Do you think that you can avoid the drop next season?

[Nicky91]

utrecht - Vitesse first match was 1-1 draw, tuesday is return and a decider who goes into european football


Mock, idk maybe if we do some interesting signings this summer, also who are additions for the team, i'm glad the coach is gonna do field work now (eijer left on Mutual decision bc of illness not being able to give his 100% for the club) so hofland will be assistant for whoever will be signed as head coach for next season

[Nicky91]

so far we got (managers)

ADO Den Haag - Alfons groenendijk

Ajax - Erik Ten hag

AZ - Arne Slot

Emmen - Dick Lukkien

Feyenoord - Jaap Stam

Fortuna Sittard - (TBA)

Groningen - Danny Buijs

Heracles - Frank Wormuth (GER)

Zwolle - (TBA)

PSV - Mark Van Bommel

Fc Twente - Gonzalo Garcia Garcia (ESP)

Utrecht - John Van den Brom

Vitesse - Leonid Slutskiy (RUS)

VVV - Maurice Steijn

Willem II - Adrie Koster


we're still waiting on promotion/relegation play off to be finished, and european play off of course, and then 2019/20 season preparations can begin

[Mystic Mock]

Sad to hear that about the Head Coach.

I wonder if you's should look at the Ajax and PSV youth squads and poach some of their players on loan.

[Nicky91]

Sad to hear that about the Head Coach.

I wonder if you's should look at the Ajax and PSV youth squads and poach some of their players on loan.

yeah he has MS (a muscle disease) :(


going to ajax, asking to get perr schuurs back (if ajax doesn't use him anyway for their first team :oh: ) they bought him from us and never selected him for main team while we could've used him big time for our defence

[Nicky91]

rkc - go ahead a 0-0 draw


de graafschap won first match away in rotterdam against sparta with 1-2 so a good chance of them staying in for next season

[Nicky91]

RKC, Sparta promoted after their wins


RKC in a thriller away at go ahead, with a stunning 4-5 win (4-3 behind too, but equalizing and making the winner in extra time)


Sparta winning away against de graafschap with 0-2


:clap1: so 3 out, 3 in for us

[Nicky91]

now the preparation for 2019-20 season can begin :) also holiday time for most first team players

[Nicky91]

- PSV having huge interest in Rick Van Drongelen, the dutch defender, who now plays at Hamburger SV

as a replacement for the leaving defender Schwaab

[Nicky91]

PSV transfer in: Afellay


Fortuna Sittard, Sjors Ultee (Manager), and player transfers so far in: Patrik Raitanen (Liverpool Youth) and a Rasmus Karjalainen (RuPs)

2 finnish players, rasmus is a 7 time international with main finnish squad, and raitanen is a youth international

[Nicky91]

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the new grass for the Fortuna stadium

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jacky and vitali presentation in training camp hoenderloo

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recap of the sensational surprise win over bayer leverkusen by Fortuna, a goal from newbie karjalainen :clap1:

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and this weeks schedule for the Fortuna team, very very busy

[Nicky91]

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here's the highlights of that leverkusen match btw

our new coach Ultee said ''we played as a team and that is why we won the match''


not to forget leverkusen being in champions league, so this is a good preparation en route to new season



if i could make my own Fortuna starting 11 it would look like

Goal: Koselev

Defence: Passlack, Raitanen, Dammers, Essers

Midfield: Diemers, Smeets, Carbonell, possibly Ledley or Rodriguez (depending who is signed as experienced midfielder)

attack: Dianessy, Karjalainen

subs

Goal: Jug

Defence: Ninaj, Mica, Ciranni

Midfield: Ioannidis, Ciss, Malsa, Ugur

Attack: Damascan, Dobos, Zeka

[Nicky91]

and another signing for Fortuna

Bassala Sambou from everton, 21 yr german-english attacker, a good backup attacker and a surprise signing, since there also was interest from championship and clubs in germany

and Sambou comes in handy now dianessy is again injured

and they are still fighting to sign up Joe Ledley

[Nicky91]

with the dutch super cup, in half an hour from now

Ajax vs PSV

:dance2:

[Nicky91]

1st minute 1-0 ajax goal by dolberg

:laugh3: psv with a c-squad not caring about this trophy :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

first match of season last night

our Brabanders Willem II won away in Zwolle against PEC with 1-3 :clap1:


my team Fortuna must play tomorrow evening away against AZ


and my dad's team PSV must play tonight away against promoted team FC Twente

[Nicky91]

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nice video about Sittard, on Fortuna's twitter page :dance:

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ad/ADO_Den_Haag_logo.svg/220px-ADO_Den_Haag_logo.svg.png

Alles Door Oefening Den Haag

:clap1:

Good luck to my Dutch team this season

[Mystic Mock]

first match of season last night

our Brabanders Willem II won away in Zwolle against PEC with 1-3 :clap1:


my team Fortuna must play tomorrow evening away against AZ


and my dad's team PSV must play tonight away against promoted team FC Twente

So Willem II haven't missed Crowley then.:joker:

At least we can't be demonised by their fans for poaching their star player.

And good luck Nicky as that's gonna be a tough match for you guys.

[Nicky91]

psv was awful, a 1-1 against twente :facepalm:

ajax was not good either, 2-2 away against Vitesse



now tonight come on Fortuna, preparation season was best out of all eredivisie teams, also new 4-4-2 strategy is a good choice, since 4-3-3 was too risky, so Ultee knows his stuff for a young coach

[Nicky91]

i'm curious what starting 11 Ultee will come up with for this first match, lmao compared to last year, Fortuna now has a luxury problem in defence :hehe: and we sign one english left back from brighton George Cox, as a backup for our captain Mica Pinto

as for midfield, we still hunt for Joe Ledley or buying Jose Rodriguez


some fans moan about how we lost Semedo, well i'm not sad considering he wasn't that good certain important matches


Patrik Raitanen i like this addition for defence, good signing from Liverpool for us, and also loan deal with Passlack from dortmund, he's a good hard worker in defence but also moves forward along flanks which is exactly what Fortuna wants, counter attack football

Karjalainen well his first match he played was friendly against bayer leverkusen and he made that one goal in the surprising 1-0 win

but we have Sambala, Zeka, Donkor, Damascan as other good attack options

[Nicky91]

heracles (the sensation of last year) lost at home with 0-4 against SC Heerenveen


Feyenoord so far 0-1 behind against city rivals Sparta Rotterdam, a goal from Rayhi



LT, your fave team ADO Den Haag plays in 1 hour from now against FC Utrecht, a quite tough opponent for ADO i think

[Mystic Mock]

It's not looking good tonight Nicky.

You've got Heracles on Sunday though which might turn out a better result for you as they're an easier team to face, and you're at home.

My friend's team Utrecht won in a crazy fashion it seems.:joker:

[Mystic Mock]

It's not looking good tonight Nicky.

You've got Heracles on Sunday though which might turn out a better result for you as they're an easier team to face, and you're at home.

My friend's team Utrecht won in a crazy fashion it seems.:joker:

[Nicky91]

first half against AZ was quite good from us, our defence was solid, also Koselev great goalkeeper, again shame about those 4 goals against where he couldn't be blamed for at all

yes home vs heracles could be better for us


Utrecht won after being 2-0 behind at first against ADO, and end result 2-4 :fan:


Sparta screwing up against feyenoord, from 0-1 and 1-2 leads to a 2-2 draw :hehe:


one of our football critics Johan Derksen has said, Emmen as the main relegation candidate, who really have weak football, and only just one good player in the team

[Mystic Mock]

I watched the highlights of the AZ vs Fortuna match and I agree with you Nicky that your team looked defensively solid until around about the 55th minute where your team started to fall apart around a 10 minute period, and then you started picking back up again afterwards which shows some promise that you could bounce back a little bit after multiple gutter punches.

I haven't seen Emmen play yet, but I have thought that they'll be in trouble before the season started.

[Nicky91]

Diemers might go to AZ now after his mistakes i say, PLEASE accept every offer possible and sell him asap and go for ledley/rodriguez or both

Emmen well, they only have anco jansen who is good there, but as for the rest it's anti-football, not even counterattack from them :fan:


PSV with this awful disaster team i can see them even losing to Haugesunds in Europa league :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

ADO Den Haag have signed Bilal Ould-Chikh, he has been formerly at utrecht, benfica, denizlispor, and also in united arab emirates and all of those clubs he stayed there for just 1 year :fan:

[Nicky91]

Emmen shockingly booking their first win of season, over heerenveen with 2-0

:fan:


ajax again winning, this time away against VVV with 1-4



AZ has some stadium drama, a section of stadium collapsed and now they have to play all their home matches in The Hague ADO's stadium :laugh:

[Nicky91]

Fortuna half time 1-3 behind against willem II

:rolleyes: undeserved penalty too for willem II, i agreed with commentary who were shocked about how easy the refs here give penalties


UGH, gonna be a tough season again :sad:

[Nicky91]

if corrupt KNVB want to be against us, ffs if we relegate this season i'm done watching eredivisie football ;)

what do i care about the rest of that s**te teams :idc:


of course willem II cheer with that ''penalty'' i wonder who they bribed to give them a good season, also their goalkeeper is a dangerous goalie, knocking out one of his own defenders and one of our players

[Nicky91]

that will be Friday evenings football watch for me then, oh well our first division is better quality anyway, compared to the corrupt s**thole eredivisie, what a trash competition our highest level has become :idc:

hope Fortuna, psv relegate, and hope viewer ratings for eredivisie also plummet

[Nicky91]

Fortuna loses 2-3 to willem II

:cheer2: :cheer2: another good step towards the relegation and the step towards the better competition, dutch first division

[Nicky91]

#BoycottCorruptEredivisie

hope psv, az, feyenoord are all out of european football too now, just before group stage, our stupid dutch football deserves that blow

[Nicky91]

twente - rkc just now, very exciting interesting match

score

0-1 rkc

1-1 twente

1-2 rkc

2-2 twente

3-2 twente


very sour for RKC since they played really amazing, but twente in the last few minutes fighting for the 3 points :D

[Nicky91]

3-3 rkc :eek: goal by Sow

[Nicky91]

end result twente - rkc 3-3

could've been 3-4 by mulder for rkc, but he just narrowly missed the goal

[Mystic Mock]

if corrupt KNVB want to be against us, ffs if we relegate this season i'm done watching eredivisie football ;)

what do i care about the rest of that s**te teams :idc:


of course willem II cheer with that ''penalty'' i wonder who they bribed to give them a good season, also their goalkeeper is a dangerous goalie, knocking out one of his own defenders and one of our players

Every league plays favourites sadly, in the English Championship we get treated like dog**** by the Referees, it's blatant corruption that does need to be stamped out of the game as none of the other team sports seems to have this level of playing favourites between teams it's ridiculous.

You shouldn't want your team to get relegated though Nicky as it's been a hell of a long time since you've been back in Eredivisie, you never know how long it might take for you guys to get back up there again.

[Nicky91]

Every league plays favourites sadly, in the English Championship we get treated like dog**** by the Referees, it's blatant corruption that does need to be stamped out of the game as none of the other team sports seems to have this level of playing favourites between teams it's ridiculous.

You shouldn't want your team to get relegated though Nicky as it's been a hell of a long time since you've been back in Eredivisie, you never know how long it might take for you guys to get back up there again.

Eredivisie = most corrupt competition in the world :idc:


oh well i see few other teams weaker than us at the moment, and also lower than us

ADO and PEC Zwolle are only ones with all 3 matches lost, but no surprise since those teams really haven't bought anything special, and lost a few players to other teams

and i think Emmen had one Lucky match vs heerenveen but they aren't great either, heerenveen was more disaster football, not emmen being great or anything

[Mystic Mock]

Eredivisie = most corrupt competition in the world :idc:


oh well i see few other teams weaker than us at the moment, and also lower than us

ADO and PEC Zwolle are only ones with all 3 matches lost, but no surprise since those teams really haven't bought anything special, and lost a few players to other teams

and i think Emmen had one Lucky match vs heerenveen but they aren't great either, heerenveen was more disaster football, not emmen being great or anything

Who are you guys playing next?

[Nicky91]

Who are you guys playing next?

this weekend no match for Fortuna, but next week again i guess

[Mystic Mock]

this weekend no match for Fortuna, but next week again i guess

Well hopefully you'll get off the mark soon.

[Nicky91]

Well hopefully you'll get off the mark soon.

yes hope so, our team isn't that bad, just a team with many foreigners (our youth team hasn't got proper competition to play in, our assistant hofland explained, and that is why we sign players from other countries)

hope we can get that one experienced midfielder though


psv's mitroglou is a good signing for them, good attacker, very technical don't know why galatasaray didn't like him, but then again greek player in turkish competition isn't Always a success since Greece-Turkey rivalry

[Nicky91]

Fortuna Sittard has signed

Martin Angha, who was at youth teams of Basel, and also under interest of Bayern Munich, Chelsea, AC Milan

a very experienced Swiss defender, the 25 yr old is set to be the leader of this new Fortuna

and we signed Welsh defender Cian Harries on loan from Swansea City for 1 season


VVV Venlo meanwhile has the rock solid midfielder Lee Cattermole, experienced in premier league, championship and a pain in the arse for opponents with his rough playing style, and aggressive defending

[Nicky91]

a jinx from me for psv now i predict them winning 0-10 against RKC

[Nicky91]

Fortuna signed a swedish midfielder on free transfer


Vitesse signed a israeli right back and international on free transfer as replacement for karavayev

[Nicky91]

so this weekends matches are

Ajax - Heerenveen

AZ - Sparta (from the ADO stadium in the Hague still)

VVV - Groningen

PSV - Vitesse

Utrecht - Emmen

on sunday we got

Zwolle - RKC

Feyenoord - ADO den haag

Heracles - willem II

and closing the weekend are

Fortuna Sittard vs FC Twente

[Mystic Mock]

I think that you's could win that game Nicky.

[Nicky91]

I think that you's could win that game Nicky.

maybe, but we are now up against the 2nd foreign legion team LOL

Fortuna just has a bad competition for their youth academy, there is some good talent there but they aren't playing on the same competitive level as eredivisie so bringing them to first team would be a huge risk and that is why they sign players from some of other european competitions

twente has cantalapiedra or just aitor, he's a great attacker, but their goalie drommel is not that good so that is a advantage for us i hope

[Nicky91]

psv a 5-0 win over Vitesse

5 goals from donyell malen :eek:

and also yet another great substitute appearance from the greek kostas mitroglou :clap2:

[Nicky91]

Fortuna again with their anti-football :yuk:

and then asking for the ref not to give penalties against them, also VAR a undeserving red card for twente, nakamura was playing the ball yet KNVB seems it is a must to give Fortuna sympathies :yuk:

[Mystic Mock]

How did Fortuna get on Nicky?

[Nicky91]

How did Fortuna get on Nicky?

#NotmyFortunafromlastseason

i miss lamprou, novakovich, rodriguez big time :(

[Mystic Mock]

Emmen are only 2 points above Fortuna at the moment so :fc: that Fortuna can pick up the 3 points in the next match.

[Nicky91]

0-0 against sparta, disappointing again for Fortuna :skull:

still without a win, these 8 matches

[Mystic Mock]

Come on Nicky! don't lose hope.

It's time to give Feyenoord some high voltage this Sunday.

[Mystic Mock]

Come on Nicky! don't lose hope.

It's time to give Feyenoord some high voltage this Sunday.

Not literally of course.:laugh:

[Nicky91]

HAllelujah, first win Fortuna against feyenoord 4-2 :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Nicky91]

2nd win for Fortuna last night, 4-1 against vvv :clap1:


hattrick mark diemers :love: and also comeback from Damascan after a minor injury

[Mystic Mock]

Come on Fortuna!:clap1::clap1:

Hopefully they've started to turn the corner Nicky.

[Mystic Mock]

Come on Fortuna!:clap1::clap1:

Hopefully they've started to turn the corner Nicky.

[Nicky91]

psv 0-2 behind against az, at home 2 goals from our new dutch talent Boadu

sparta utrecht so far 1-2

0-1 Bahebeck (penalty)

1-1 Ache

1-2 Maher (penalty)

[Nicky91]

my Fortuna winning against ado den haag with 1-0 (a boring match but 3 points is 3 points i guess)

also few amazing saves from our goalie Koselev again :clap1:



PSV currently in a bit of chaos, now currently 1-0 behind in tilburg against willem II :laugh2:

[Mystic Mock]

Well done to Fortuna Nicky.

[Nicky91]

this weekend schedule, today

18:30 CET

FC Utrecht vs AZ

19:45 CET

Ajax vs Heracles Almelo

PEC Zwolle vs Fortuna Sittard (could be something possible here for Fortuna i guess :think: )

20:45 CET

ADO Den Haag vs Willem II (i think willem II could win this, i actually like them too, and i've Always liked their current manager Adrie Koster)

tomorrows matches

12:15

FC Groningen vs Feyenoord

14:30

PSV vs SC Heerenveen

RKC Waalwijk vs FC Emmen

16:45

Sparta Rotterdam vs Vitesse Arnhem

VVV Venlo vs FC Twente

[Nicky91]

Sloetskiy has resigned as Vitesse manager


when will psv staff have the balls to sack van bommel :idc:

[Nicky91]

another win for Fortuna, 1-0 over FC groningen at home, 3 points are 3 points

super sub Rasmus Karjalainen :cheer2:


@Calderyon, Karjalainen needs to be in finland squad alongside Pukki at euro cup :D

[Mystic Mock]

Well done to them Nicky.

Hopefully they really go on a roll.

[Nicky91]

PSV up next for Fortuna


and PSV have drawn 1-1 against emmen LOL :laugh: they are really in a bad streak under van bommel now, but well if directors don't go balls to sack him it's a hopeless case

[Nicky91]

psv winning again, and that against my Fortuna :bawling:

with 5-0 too :sad:


but two nice things came out of that match, return of Afellay for psv to eredivisie

and return of Dammers for my Fortuna after 6 months of injury :love:

[Nicky91]

and another win Fortuna, this time over last place RKC with 3-2

beautiful goals from Diemers, and twice from moldovan Vitaliy Damascan :clap2:

[Mystic Mock]

Fortuna are picking up some nice form Nicky.

[Nicky91]

psv again a loss, against feyenoord with 3-1 ouch :fan:

az wins against ajax at home (for first time since august again in alkmaar rather than the Hague) and now equal on points with leaders ajax

[Calderyon]

Why do you hate PSV so much?

[Nicky91]

Why do you hate PSV so much?

uh, i hate their spineless director of football, to imagine there could've been a gem like frank arnesen at that position, but wanting this trash john de jong



#OutwithDeJong, VanBommel pls :wavey:

[Calderyon]

So you hate the director, not the team itself?

[Nicky91]

So you hate the director, not the team itself?

well he bought the players for this season so those additions too

Boscagli - Flop

Toni Lato - never played a single minute so Flop

Mitroglou - underappreciated, bought to be a reserve while he's good enough for starting 11 :sad:

Baumgartl, Schwaab - they can't play together that well - Flop

[Nicky91]

Van Bommel got sacked today :clap1: :clap1:

now only John De Jong out pls

[Mystic Mock]

Who's the favourite to become the next PSV boss Nicky?

[Nicky91]

idk who'll replace van bommel as permanent head coach


a temporary replacement for now is Ernest Faber, and i kinda like him as coach :love: he also coached NEC, PSV Reserves, FC Eindhoven here and he was a former player of the club either, a defender back in late 90's early 00's

[Nicky91]

nice friendly win for Fortuna, over top turkish team basaksehir, with 0-3 :cheer2: :cheer2:

[Nicky91]

ok some results so far

pec zwolle - utrecht 3-3

Fortuna - Vitesse 1-3 (Fortuna played decent but Vitesse were on fire under new manager Sturing last night, Fortuna did have a chance for 2-3 though)

twente - groningen 0-0

az - willem II 1-3 (az were ahead 1-0 but gave away the bag of points in second half)



so far VVV - PSV (now ongoing) 1-0 oop even under new coach psv is not doing that well

more matches today are

ajax - sparta

emmen - heracles

and closing the weekend

ADO den haag - RKC (first one for ADO under the new coach)

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/onesport/cps/800/cpsprodpb/525E/production/_110568012_tifo_denhaag_getty.jpg


The boys won a crucial 6 pointer 2-0 against bottom of the table RKC Waalwijk.

:clap1:

Onwards and up

[Nicky91]

yes a very good and confident win from ADO :)

i never saw them as weak honestly, i rate RKC, Sparta and sometimes pec zwolle lower

i think rkc, sparta are relegating, and PEC going to play offs

[Crimson Dynamo]

Tough game on Friday away at Utrecht

[Nicky91]

Tough game on Friday away at Utrecht

Utrecht are in very good form, and also recently signed former no.1 goalkeeper of PSV on loan, Jeroen Zoet

[Nicky91]

:hehe:

psv's cup exit, against NAC with 2-0


my dad is gonna say bye bye to foxsports if they lose sunday :laugh3: :laugh3:

[Nicky91]

ADO friday's 4-0 loss, completely stood no chance against Utrecht

Fortuna 1-1 against sparta, a point is at least something i guess, we came close to our first away win but again unlucky :(

VVV a win over RKC 1-2

AZ wins away against heerenveen 1-2

Feyenoord wins away against Heracles with 2-3


now today's matches we got

Vitesse - Emmen at 12:15 CET (in 1 hour from now)

both at 14:30 CET
Groningen - Ajax

Willem II - PEC Zwolle

PSV - Twente at 16:45 CET